From /DRIVE: Most car nerds know that lightweight wheels improve a car's responsiveness by reducing rotational unsprung mass. This week on/INSIDE KOENIGSEGG 2, Christian Von K gives us the insider's tour of how the company builds the carbon-fiber wheels for its new One:1 "megacar" that can stand up to its theoretical 280 mph top speed.

Mike Spinelli

A 19-inch wheel that weighs 13 pounds? That's umpossible! It is, unless you make it out of something like pre-preg carbon fiber. Of course, you can only get these wheels with a particular Swedish car that costs seven figures.

Most car nerds know that lightweight wheels improve a car's responsiveness by reducing rotational unsprung mass. This week on /INSIDE KOENIGSEGG 2, Christian Von K gives us the insider's tour of how the company builds the carbon-fiber wheels for its new One:1 "megacar" that can stand up to its theoretical 280 mph top speed.

Koenigsegg is the first car manufacturer to offer carbon fiber wheels on a production vehicle. These wheels provide a 40 percent weight savings over the lightest forged aluminum wheels you can get, Von Koenigsegg says.

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What about all the heat from those huge brakes, you ask? Good question. Christian says that was the company's biggest challenge. Watch and find out how he came up with a solution.

(In case you missed last week's episode about the One:1's active rear wing (carbon-fiber geeks should not miss it), go watch it now.)